Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-12-23

Mt night to hay stack owned by Henry
Bates, and, after eating, returned to tn e
mountains -. The stores in town are well
iilled with holiday goods .. I here will be
the Congregational and Universalist
churches.
HUNTINGTON.
Col. C. II. Joyce of Rutland spoke
at the campfire held at the Centre
Thursday evening, December %. ....E
L. Collins and wife will leave town this
wee, week tor Haverhlll, Mass, to spend the
holidays with their daughter. .....O. II.
Ellis, town superintendent of common
schools, visited the several schools in
town last week.. Snow fell to the
depth of about 10 inches in this vicinity
las last Sunday day ....,., Mrs. Gideon Sprague,
slowly recovering, under the treat
ment of DR.. A.. II. Chesmore.....
A newcomer put in an appearance at
Clark Small's last week in the person of
little girl. Miss Retta Ellis is one of
the teachers ia the Richmond academy
this winter. ...The Union Sabbath school
at the. north village reorgauizes on the
first of January. ... Willard Taft's two
sons while numbering on the mountain
one day last week came in contact with a
young bear. They gave him charge OF
shot IN the face and he made his escape.
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1t is not often one sees so many
farmers plouChing so late in December as
has been the case this Ye9r...... MIR. Cyrus
HoNe and family have moved from here
t.? then new nome iu south Burlington.
MISS Hattie Clark recently returned from
WISH a. friends i'm Wisconsin aud jIl-
nois, reports very enjoyable tmp......
our genial and oblillng merchant, j. Il.
It-Gari, has been TO market for hls stock
OF Christmas good. 81 II. Converse
VIII spend the holidays with friends
IN NeW York city and vicinity
y singing class for the children has been
organized, TO be held every SATURDAY
eveulnElat, INceum han, under the direction
OF the popular teacher of the school dis
trict No. 10, Mr.. j, + Burnett 700. The com
ing OF the venerable DR. Freeman among
us as supply for the desk of the Baptist
church is like bcnedlction to his hearers
HIS sermons, so fOrcible and persuasive,
must be power for good to all his con
HlNEsBCRGH
Saturday farmers were busy blowing in
al directions sunday IS inches of snow |
iS' anu a ltSul DllLIdTu swept the !
country. 49,. About three tons OF very
line poultry was sold here for the Christ |
mas et........M Mrs l. d. Burwell of !
oaXton's River has been visiting in town |
.ttely.:.... Mr.. Z. Rafferty, of Montreal |
is here for the winter. ....... George Mar
tin of Plattsburgh spent Sunday in town.
....... Postmaster Weed has returned
RON W .hinl ton. ....... Mrs. Perry Read
Is much improved III health ....... Harri
son owen has completed a fine new resi-
lence on his farm best known as the
squire Norton place. 1t is nicely finished
and an ornament to that part Of the town.
........L. Andrews has purchased the
store which he has occupied for many
years, of James Miner for about $1,000.
William Leonard had a choice hound |
drowned in the creek, Saturday, while |
cunning fox. He has shot dozen foxes
ais winter School No. :, taught by Miss |
Mary McDonough will have Christmas |
exercises with tree in the school house, |
Friday eVpuiDn